DAVx5 falsely claims that data saver would be enabled

[msrd0]

Problem scope

• I'm sure that this is a DAVx⁵ problem.

App version

• I'm using the latest available DAVx⁵ version.

Android version and device/firmware type

Android 14 (Motorola G84)

Steps to reproduce

1. Set up something that should be synced
2. Observe it doesn't sync in background as it should. This is not just a false warning, it actually does not sync unless I manually open the app.

Actual result

DAVx5 claims data saver was on:

Clicking the button opens this screen:

And I manually verified data saver is off:

Expected result

Sync in background

Further info

Installed via f droid

[rfc2822]

DAVx5 uses the Android API to determine whether data saver is active, to show the warning in the UI.

However, DAVx5 does not use the data saver to determine whether it shall sync or not. It just registers sync jobs in the system that shall be executed regularly (with the given sync interval). The system is however free to delay execution of these jobs under certain conditions.

So this is most probably not a DAVx5 problem, but some restriction of your Motorola device. Many vendors have been creative in how to restrict jobs of apps for "battery saving" reasons (true, it takes less battery when DAVx5 is not allowed to sync).

Maybe "background activity restrictions" are active? https://dontkillmyapp.com/motorola

[msrd0]

Pretty sure you mean this setting:

Doesn't appear to be the problem.

[rfc2822]

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/The-Data-Saver-always-remains-on-in-my-Motorola-Edge-40/td-p/5717591 sounds similar…